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TiVo HD XL Black Digital Video Recorder, Model TCD658000

More room. More HD. TiVo isn't just the best way to watch TV—it's the world's best way to get anything to your TV, any time you want it: your favorite TV, movies, millions of songs, and much more! And now you can enjoy it all in crystal-clear THX® sound and picture with TiVo® HD XL DVR.

The TiVo HD XL DVR is the ultimate HD digital cable DVR. It is THX® certified for the best possible sound and video quality and it brings you all your favorite TV shows from your antenna or cable service, ready to watch whenever you want. It combines the clarity of high definition with the Emmy® award-winning TiVo service. Designed as a cable box replacement that works seamlessly with any cable provider, the TiVo HD XL DVR can record two HD shows at once, while letting you watch a third show that was previously recorded. Plus it can connect to the Internet, using your home network, to deliver movies, music, photos, and more, right to your TV. It is the ultimate companion for your HD TV.

Key Features:

Saves up to 150 hours of HDTV

Records two shows at once

Access to 60,000+ on-demand video titles

Works with cable and antenna

Replaces your cable box1

Features:

Never miss your favorite shows again: With the Emmy® Award-winning TiVo® service, you can record all your favorite shows and watch them when it's convenient. Plus, you'll enjoy total control with pause, rewind, fast-forward, and slow-mo. Learn more.

Make any night a movie night with Netflix: Instantly watch over 12,000 movies & TV episodes from Netflix right in your family room — with many in crystal-clear HD. It's free with a Netflix unlimited membership and a broadband connection.* See Netflix terms of use for details Learn more.

Now playing: 50,000 video-on-demand choices: Turn your TV into the world's largest video store. Connect your TiVo to the Internet and get access to over 50,000 movies and TV shows ready to download from Amazon Video On Demand — with many titles in breathtaking HD. Learn more.

Watch YouTube videos right on your TV — FREE!: If it's on YouTube, you can watch it on your TV with a broadband-connected TiVo HD DVR. But don't stop there. You can also watch free music videos from Music Choice or sign up for Rhapsody's streaming music service. Learn more.

Find just what you've been looking for: TiVo Search finds and records just those programs you want — and only in HD, if you prefer. Search by title, actor, director, keyword, or sports team. And TiVo will search both broadcast TV and the Internet to find it for you! Learn more.

TiVo Service Features:

The TiVo service is the magic behind the TiVo DVR. In addition to the features listed above, here's what the TiVo service does for you:

Keeps your TV schedule current and ensures that your TiVo DVR has the latest updates

Includes access to great entertainment partners, like Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Video On Demand, and Rhapsody

Allows you to schedule recordings remotely, either online or from your mobile phone

Replaces your cable box using one or more CabeCARD™ decoders available from your cable company

Video output modes: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, native, hybrid

TiVo Series3™ architecture

Phone line: Connects to an existing home phone line, unless you connect an Ethernet cable to (G) or the TiVo wireless adapter to (H).

Digital audio: Connects to your home theater system for digital sound using an optical digital audio cable. (Sold separately)

S-Video out: Connects to a TV for a high-quality standard definition picture. It does not support high definition. Requires connecting a separate cable for audio.

Component video out: Connects to a TV for a high definition picture. Requires connecting a separate cable for audio.

Composite video and stereo out: Connects to a TV for a standard definition picture. Use only the white and red cables if all you need is audio for a different video source, like S-Video or Component video.

HDMI out: Connects to a TV, A/V receiver, or home theater system for a pure digital connection that provides HD video and digital audio all in one cable.

Ethernet: Connects to an Ethernet cable to allow your DVR to access your home network and your broadband Internet connection.

2 USB ports: Connects to the TiVo wireless adapter if you want to wirelessly connect to your home network and broadband internet connection.

Cable In: Connects to the coaxial cable in your wall that provides your cable TV programming. Satellite is not supported.

Antenna in: Connects to the coaxial cable from a TV antenna in order to receive analog and digital broadcasts (including HD programming) over the air.

Quick facts about the TiVo HD XL DVR:

Replaces your cable box with CableCards™ you get from your cable company

Gets its program information by connecting to either your broadband connection or a standard phone line

Works with just about any entertainment setup (see below)

Comes with an easy to read setup poster to get you started

Takes you through a guided setup process right on your TV

TiVo HD XL and your home network:

When you connect your TiVo DVR to a home network, you get a lot of extra features such as Netflix streaming video, Amazon Video On Demand, YouTube videos, and the many new features offered by TiVo Desktop and TiVo Desktop Plus. You can also schedule recordings online with as little as two hours' notice.

You can connect your DVR to your home network using either a wireless or wired connection.

Approximate Dimensions:

Width: 16.5"

Depth: 12.625"

Height: 3.375"

Approximate Weight:

Unit: 9 lbs

Shipping: 13 lbs

Warranty Information:

Manufacturer Warranty (authorized online retailer): 90 Days Free Labor and One Year Parts

Footnotes:

* Actual recording capacity may vary by television source and content.

** Two CableCARD™ decoders may be required for dual tuner functionality and to receive dual digital cable channels. Cable service required to receive cable channels. TiVo does not provide cable service. CableCARD is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. Works with digital and analog antenna.

‡ TiVo service gift cards may be applied only to new activations of any TiVo service only subscriptions available at the time of gift card redemption. TiVo service pricing, terms and conditions subject to change without notice. See TiVo gift card terms and conditions for details.

TiVo gift subscriptions and TiVo service cards do not expire. It is TiVo's policy and practice to redeem all valid TiVo gift subscriptions and TiVo service cards regardless of whether such gift subscriptions and service cards may contain an expiration date or the fact that such an expiration date may have passed.

‡‡ A "Product Lifetime subscription" to the TiVo service covers the life of the TiVo DVR you buy – not the life of the subscriber. The Product Lifetime subscription accompanies the TiVo DVR in case of ownership transfer.

Early termination fee applies, along with terms and conditions of the TiVo multi-service discount agreement and TiVo service payment plans at www.tivo.com/policies.

These are our third series of Tivo's. We had an original Sony, a couple of dual tuner Series Two's and now a pair of HD XLs.They were easy to install, the cable guy had the card working within an hour. We record anything we might be interested in and delete stuff later. We can do four shows at once and play any show on one of two TVs. We have used Netflix "On Demand" and it works well. The pause,rewind, and skip features are addicting. We never watch live TV.

It's just what it's supposed to be—the TiVo I'm used to, but now with HD capability. Having dual tuners is awesome; I'm probably going to decommission one of the Series 2 TiVos we have since one of the primary reasons for it was to record overlapping programs. Would love for TiVo to update this model to 1080p and at least 120khz, although I don't know if enough broadcast programming is put out at that higher quality. Might not make a difference.

Great unit, no complaints. Only downside was Verizon FIOS tech had no clue how to install the CableCard. Luckily I did. Once that was installed, everything's been perfect. On FIOS you lose Verizon's On-Demand and Verizon Widgets. With the TIVO you get Amazon VOD, Netflix, YouTube, Jaman, Disney Studios, Music Choice and One True Media. I hope that they add Hulu soon.

This new TiVo HD unit replaces our older DirecTivo, now that we have cable service from Charter. It's the best TiVo available, and DVR enthusiasts should really enjoy this unit, with a couple of significant caveats:

1) If you are a cable subscriber, you'll have to deal with the company cable card installation.Your cable company could install either a single M-Card (multi-channel), or 2 single-channel cable cards in the 2 slots provided. This is where the technical problems begin. Since you can install, but not properly setup a new cable card, the cable guy must be involved. For us, this resulted in 2 visits over a few days, and then 2 followup visits because not all channels were being rec'd. Later, something happened to our M-card, and we stopped receiving a large chunk of channels... this required 2 new single-channel cards to be installed.

Bottomline: it's workable for cable subscribers, but tedious. Try a google search for "tivo cable card problems" for more details on your provider.

2) Some TiVo HD users are currently experiencing a "green screen of death". This did NOT happen to us for many months after setup, but the frequency has increased over time, to where we are now getting green screens every 2-3 days. The Tivo is locked up hard, and emits a high pitched tone. The only way out is to pull the power plug.As most Tivo users are aware, this results in a 5-8 minute bootup sequence where your Tivo can't do anything, and you can watch zippo nada.

The cause of this issue remains a mystery... online suggestions include a wide range of possible causes, from an almost dead hard drive, to an overly strong cable video signal (!), to a bum HDMI cable.

TiVo support's answer to this problem: pay $49 for refurbished unit, to be shipped out when they receive your original unit. Not so nice.

For more on this, search Google or Tivo Forums for "green screen".

Beyond these technical issues, which may in fact be unique to certain cable users, TiVo,in my opinion, has lost its mojo. The monthly fees remain high, even while Tivo continues to introduce sponsored advertising. The cost of the box itself remains high. Some, but not all, DVRs from third parties are beginning to catch up with Tivo (some have features Tivo does not offer, like picture-in-picture previews, multi-room viewing, etc). Most of them are likely STILL not as easy & consistent to use as a Tivo. But, at the end of the day, do the high initial cost + monthly fees justify ownership?

This is a replacement for my Comcast DVR. The Comcast DVR had limited space and the software / interface was buggy at times. This thing is smooth and a great replacement. TiVo has the upper hand at making DVRs. It's menu's are great, the space is awesome (1 TB), and the TiVo service is great too. I'd highly recommend this DVR, especially to someone like me who was leaving the free DVR that the cable company provides. It's expensive, but you'll be happy you bought it.

Service and delivery comments:

They kept selling out of these because they had a great sale going on. I kinda expected it. It arrived in great condition, I was a little worried because it is like shipping a computer, but it arrived fine. I never had to use costumer service, they automatically emailed me about it being out of stock and when it shipped.

TiVo HD XL Black Digital Video Recorder

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